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• The Rev. James L. Netters Sr., civil rights advocate, dies

  13-12-2020 23:49
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Rev. James L. Netters Sr., a civil rights advocate who was one of the first Black members of the Memphis City Council, has died. He was 93. Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Memphis announced Netters’ death on its website Sunday. Netters served as the church’s pastor for more than 60 years. The Memphis City Council says on Twitter that Netters’ legacy will never be forgotten. Netters was elected to City Council in 1967 along with two other African A
  
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• Some in White House getting early access to COVID-19 vaccine

  13-12-2020 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week, while its public distribution is limited to front-line health workers and those in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Two people familiar with the matter confirmed that the newly approved vaccine from Pfizer will be made available to those who work in close quarters with the nation’s top e
  
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• Loeffler campaign condemns photo with white supremacist

  13-12-2020 23:19
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The campaign of Georgia Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is condemning a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist at a recent campaign event. Loeffler was seen in a photo with Chester Doles. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Doles spent decades in the Ku Klux Klan and the neo-Nazi National Alliance. Campaign spokesman Stephen Lawson told The Associated Press on Sunday that Loeffler “had no idea who that was, and
  
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• Agent: Master spy writer John le Carre dies at 89

  13-12-2020 23:11
  
  LONDON (AP) — John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the preeminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died aged 89. Le Carre’s literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday after a short illness. The death was not related to COVID-19. Born David Cornwell, le Carre worked for Britain’s intelligence service before turning his experience into fiction in works including “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy”
  
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• Agent says master spy novelist John le Carre has died at 89

  13-12-2020 23:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — Agent says master spy novelist John le Carre has died at 89.The post Agent says master spy novelist John le Carre has died at 89 appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Murray throws TD, Cards end 3-game skid, beat red-hot Giants

  13-12-2020 22:44
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Haason Reddick had a franchise-record five sacks and the Arizona Cardinals spoiled the return of Giants quarterback Daniel Jones by moving back into a playoff spot with a 26-7 victory over New York on Sunday. The win snapped a three-game skid for the Cardinals (7-6) and ended a four-game winning streak that had moved the Giants (5-8) to the top of the NFC East. Mike Nugent came off the practice squad and added his first four field goals in more than a year and
  
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• Mets make it official, hire Porter as GM with 4-year deal

  13-12-2020 22:26
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Porter and the New York Mets have finalized a four-year contract that makes him the 14th general manager in franchise history. The team announced the move on Sunday. The 41-year-old Porter spent the past four seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks as senior vice president and assistant general manager. He will report to Mets president Sandy Alderson, who has taken charge of baseball operations under new owner Steve Cohen. Porter worked under Theo Epstein with the Bosto
  
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• Man shot by police after shooting at Manhattan cathedral

  13-12-2020 22:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral. It’s unclear if the gunman was killed or if any others were injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop.The post Man shot by police after shooting at Manhattan cathedral appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Police shoot gunman after shots fired outside New York City cathedral

  13-12-2020 22:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police shoot gunman after shots fired outside New York City cathedral.The post Police shoot gunman after shots fired outside New York City cathedral appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Terry Kay, author of ‘To Dance With the White Dog,’ dies

  13-12-2020 21:51
  
  Georgia native Terry Kay, whose novels set in the South won fans at home and abroad, has died. The death was made public on Kay’s Facebook page. He died Saturday and was 82. Kay was best known for his novel “To Dance With the White Dog,” which was later made into a TV movie. He received numerous awards throughout his writing career, including the Georgia Writers Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2006
  
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• US looking into possible Treasury Department computer hack

  13-12-2020 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers apparently got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security council spokesperson John Ullyot says on Sunday that the government is aware of reports about the hacks and is taking steps to identify and remedy any possible issues. Reuters reported Sunday that a group backed by a foreign government stole information from Treasury and a Commerce D
  
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• Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies

  13-12-2020 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups of people tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set one ablaze as nighttime clashes on Saturday between pro-Donald Trump supporters and counterdemonstrators erupted into violence and arrests. Police on Sunday said they were investigating the two incidents at the Asbury United Methodist Church and Metropolitan A.M.E. Church as potential hate crimes. One religious leader likened it to a cross burning. D
  
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• Italy surpasses UK for worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe

  13-12-2020 21:35
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy has eclipsed Britain to become the nation with the worst official coronavirus death toll in Europe. Italy, where the continent’s pandemic began, on Sunday registered 484 COVID-19 deaths in one day, one of its lowest one-day death counts in about a month. Still, those latest deaths pushed Italy’s official toll up to 64,520, while Britain’s stood at 64,267, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Both numbers understate the true toll of the pande
  
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• Correction: Federal Executions story

  13-12-2020 21:23
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — In a story first published on Dec. 9, 2020, about a Dec. 10 federal execution in Terre Haute, Ind., The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a former federal prosecutor. She is Angela Moore, not Angel Moore. The AP also erroneously reported she had been one of the prosecutors for Brandon Bernard’s death-penalty trial. She was one of the federal prosecutors who argued against overturning Bernard’s death sentence when he appealed after the trial.
  
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• Iran sentences British-Iranian researcher to 9 years in jail

  13-12-2020 21:20
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has sentenced a British-Iranian anthropologist to nine years in jail and fined him over $700,000 in cash. Kameel Ahmady has studied child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran. The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said Sunday that Ahmady was sentenced by Iran’s Revolutionary Court. His charges include cooperation with European embassies in support of promoting homosexuality and visiting Israel as a reporter for the BBC. He can appeal within 20 days. H
  
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• Los Angeles suspect arrested in Mexico on 2017 murder charge

  13-12-2020 21:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted in the 2017 killing of the mother of his young child in South Los Angeles has been arrested in Mexico. Andres Zambrano had been sought by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the death of the woman, who was the mother of his then-2-year-old child. Zambrano had been considered one of the FBI Los Angeles field office’s most wanted fugitives. He was arrested on a federal warrant Friday in Colima, Mexico. Zambrano is being held on more th
  
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• Albanians rally for 5th day after police kill man in curfew

  13-12-2020 21:01
  
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian demonstrators kept up their daily protests over the fatal shooting of a man by police enforcing a coronavirus curfew. The rally started peacefully Sunday in Tirana to the government building of Prime Minister Edi Rama, with protesters chanting “No justice, no calmness!” Demonstrators asked for the resignation of the police chief and the release of those who have been arrested in days of clashes. Later some hurled stones at the Tirana police stati
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: Vaccines are on the way to states

  13-12-2020 20:11
  
  The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States are headed from Michigan to distribution centers across the country. The first round of the Pfizer vaccine will be given this week to health care workers and at nursing homes. Vaccines are shipping in the U.S. after getting emergency authorization, but supplies will be limited for some time. For now, only Pfizer’s vaccine is being shipped, but other vaccines are making their way through the review process. In
  
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• COVID-19 runs unchecked in Pakistan’s overcrowded prisons

  13-12-2020 20:06
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A new human rights report is harshly criticizing Pakistan’s response to COVID-19 in its overcrowded prisons. At the start of the pandemic in February, the government said it would release certain prisoners to ease overcrowding. But between April and August, the report found the prison population actually rose by over 6,000. Nearly 80,000 people remain locked up. Some of the few who were freed thanks to a court ruling were later rearrested. The joint report by Amnesty
  
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• Italy passes UK to have worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe

  13-12-2020 19:47
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy has eclipsed Britain to become the nation with the worst official coronavirus death toll in Europe. Italy, where the continent’s pandemic began, on Sunday registered 484 COVID-19 deaths in one day, one of its lowest one-day death counts in about a month. Still, those latest deaths pushed Italy’s official toll up to 64,520, while Britain’s stood at 64,267, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Both numbers understate the true toll of the pande
  
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• Former development aide accuses Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment

  13-12-2020 19:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is now running for Manhattan borough president is accusing the Democratic governor of sexual harassment.
  Lindsey Boylan tweeted Sunday that she was sexually harassed by Cuomo “for years.” Boylan worked for the Cuomo administration from March 2015 to October 2018.
  She served first as executive vice president of Empire State Development and then as a special adviser to Cuomo for economic development. An email was sen
  
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• Former development aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment

  13-12-2020 19:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is now running for Manhattan borough president is accusing the Democratic governor of sexual harassment. Lindsey Boylan tweeted Sunday that she was sexually harassed by Cuomo “for years.” Boylan worked for the Cuomo administration from March 2015 to October 2018. She served first as executive vice president of Empire State Development and then as a special adviser to Cuomo for economic development. An email was sen
  
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• Pac-12 announces final weekend of games in football season

  13-12-2020 19:13
  
  SAN FRANCSICO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference has set the schedule for its final weekend of football games. The conference announced Sunday its teams will play six games, including Washington at No. 16 Southern California in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday. Oregon will face No. 21 Colorado at Memorial Coliseum in Southern California on Saturday. The winner of that game could slide into a rescheduled title game if the Trojans or Huskies are unable to play due to COVID-19 issues. Saturda
  
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• Holocaust survivors honored with online event amid pandemic

  13-12-2020 19:07
  
  BERLIN (AP) — An annual event bringing together Holocaust survivors from around the world to mark the start of Hanukkah was held online for the first time Sunday due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event organized by the Jewish Claims Conference also paid tribute to those killed by the Nazis and raised awareness of anti-Semitism. Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference, said each survivor was “a living example of the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil.” T
  
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• Silent nights: Germany tightens virus lockdown over holidays

  13-12-2020 18:58
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany is closing most stores and schools, and further limiting social contacts to drive down coronavirus infections that have remained stubbornly high in recent weeks. Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germany’s 16 states agreed Sunday to step up the country’s lockdown measures beginning Wednesday and running to Jan. 10 to stop the exponential rise of COVID-19 cases. Merkel said existing restrictions imposed in November failed to significantly reduce
  
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• After battling virus, Algerian leader suddenly reappears

  13-12-2020 18:54
  
  ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Still recovering from COVID-19, Algeria’s president has suddenly reappeared after nearly two months out of the public eye. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in a video message Sunday that it may still be several more weeks before he is fit enough to return to the North African country. He fell ill and then left for treatment in Germany in late October. Before his 4-minute, 54-second video message, his last public appearance had been in mid-October. That was
  
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• The Latest: Italy passes UK for Europe’s highest virus toll

  13-12-2020 18:47
  
  ROME — Italy on Sunday registered 484 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, one of its lowest daily death tolls in about a month. But those latest deaths were enough to eclipse Britain’s toll as having Europe’s highest toll in the pandemic, according to tracking done by Johns Hopkins University.Counting criteria differ in the two countries, and many deaths, especially early in the pandemic in Italy, are believed to have gone undetected.According to the Italian Health Ministry on Sunday, I
  
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• Police say 3 killed in fiery car crash in southwest Phoenix

  13-12-2020 18:40
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police say three people have been killed in fiery car crash in southwest Phoenix. They say officers responded to the site of the single vehicle crash about 3 a.m. Sunday. Police say a sedan lost control for an unknown reason and crashed into a concrete drainage ditch. Police and city fire crews extinguished the car fire once they got to the scene. Inside of the vehicle, police say the adult male driver and two adult female passengers all were all pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• Trump raises China concerns as reason to veto defense bill

  13-12-2020 18:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump once again says he’ll veto the annual defense policy bill that covers the military’s budget and pay raises for service members, but this time he’s citing unspecified concerns about China. Trump tweeted Sunday that China is the “biggest winner” in the bill and says “I will veto.” The Republican leader of the Senate has said the measure will help deter Chinese aggression. Trump previously threatened to reject
  
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• Poles protest on anniversary of communist-era crackdown

  13-12-2020 18:35
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands are marching in Warsaw to protest Poland’s right-wing government. It’s the latest large demonstration after a high court ruled to further tighten the country’s already restrictive abortion law. Sunday’s protest was scheduled to coincide with the 39th anniversary of the 1981 martial law crackdown by the country’s communist regime. Many Poles accuse the current government of acting more and more like the authoritarian regime of th
  
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• Nearly 30 arrested after clashes at Trump supporters rally

  13-12-2020 18:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential loyalists skirmished with anti-Donald Trump demonstrators over the weekend in Washington, leading to dozens of arrests, several stabbings and injuries to police officers. That all came in disturbances hours after rallies in support of his baseless claims that he won a second term. Police in the District of Columbia say they arrested nearly 30 people for a variety of offenses, from assault to weapons possession and resisting arrests and rioting. The violence b
  
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• EXPLAINER: How do other democratic nations select leaders?

  13-12-2020 18:24
  
  The way in which America formally chooses its president stands in stark contrast to how most of the world’s democracies select leaders. In other democratic countries, heads of government are either directly elected by voters or by a parliamentary system in which the party winning the most seats in a national assembly selects the head of state. Complications can arise, such as second-round voting or the the need to form coalitions. In the United Kingdom, for example, voters first elect a la
  
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• Report blames national Dems for role in Iowa caucus mess

  13-12-2020 18:20
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new audit report blames the national Democratic Party’s involvement in the Iowa caucuses for problems that delayed the results for days at the beginning of the 2020 presidential nominating battle. The report was commissioned by the Iowa Democratic Party. It criticizes the national party’s role in delaying development of an app used to report results and in demanding a last-minute data conversion tool that failed on caucus night in February. But the rep
  
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• Georgia high court rejects latest Trump election appeal

  13-12-2020 18:08
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump has lost his latest legal challenge seeking to overturn Georgia’s election results. The state Supreme Court late Saturday rejected a case from Trump’s campaign and Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer. The suit that made baseless allegations of widespread fraud in Georgia’s presidential election was initially filed Dec. 4, then rejected by the Fulton County Superior Court because the paperwork was improperly completed and it
  
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• Protesters in Belarus keep pushing for leader’s resignation

  13-12-2020 17:55
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Crowds of people took to the streets on the Belarusian capital of Minsk in a weekly protest against the country’s authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office in a disputed election. Small rallies were scattered around more than 70 different areas of Minsk. Demonstrators gathered in groups and marched down residential areas of the city, demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko. Mass protests have gripped Belarus since official results fr
  
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• US Supreme Court asked to decertify Biden’s win in Arizona

  13-12-2020 17:45
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona. Powell also asks the justices to bar Biden’s electors from casting Electoral College votes on Monday. Her appeal marks the second petition for review filed with the nation’s highest court in challenges to Biden’s win in Arizona. Powell’s lawsuit was dismissed after a judge
  
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• El Paso elects former mayor, defeating incumbent in runoff

  13-12-2020 17:29
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — El Paso residents have elected a new mayor. They handed a defeat to incumbent Mayor Dee Margo in favor of his predecessor Oscar Leeser in a runoff race Saturay that was defined by the city’s coronavirus crisis. Leeser was mayor of the West Texas city on the Mexican border from 2013 through 2017. El Paso County’s unofficial tally shows he won with 82% of the vote. Leeser is pledging to unite the city. El Paso has been battered in recent years by overcrowded
  
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• Fresh food initiatives feed, teach communities of color

  13-12-2020 17:19
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona nonprofits have joined other groups around the U.S. working to bring fresh produce and healthy food options to residents in low-income and racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods. The efforts have grown increasingly important with hunger across America on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic. Spaces of Opportunity, a collective of Phoenix-based organizations, was founded on the idea the community could come together to grow local fruits and vegetables, assist
  
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• Donations soar but nonprofits still struggle with pandemic

  13-12-2020 17:09
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The American spirit of generosity this holiday season may be no match for nonprofits dealing with the coronavirus. Despite record amounts of charitable donations this year, nonprofits across the country are being suffocated by the effects of the pandemic as organizations face soaring costs and demands for help, yet are largely without their own support systems, including volunteers and in-person fundraising events. December is generally the most important month for nonprofit
  
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• Swift backlash for Brazil students targeting misinformation

  13-12-2020 17:02
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two 22-year-old law students created a Twitter account with a stated mission to call out Brazilian websites for spreading “hate speech and Fake News,” and to torpedo those sites’ advertising revenue. Vitriol poured in, directed toward the students’ account. They had targeted the website Jornal da Cidade, which sued Twitter for release of the account’s data. Believing their identities are soon to be revealed after a ruling against Twitter,
  
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• Budget toll from virus hits both Democratic, GOP-led states

  13-12-2020 16:58
  
  A hang-up for some congressional Republicans in passing another coronavirus relief package is a request for tens of billions of dollars to go directly to state and local governments. Government leaders say they need the money to compensate for the drop-off in tax revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but some in the GOP see the aid as a “bailout” for states run by Democrats. A recent Moody’s Analytics report found that states and cities face a collective shortfall of $450 bi
  
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• The Latest: Warp Speed leader decries pressure put on FDA

  13-12-2020 16:43
  
  WASHINGTON — Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientist leading the White House’s Operation Warp Speed, said President Donald Trump’s public pressuring of the Food and Drug Administration commissioner last week to quickly approve the coronavirus vaccine was not helpful for building public confidence in the inoculation campaign.
  Trump on Twitter and his chief of staff Mark Meadows privately lambasted FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn last week for moving too slowly before the FDA issued an
  
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• EXPLAINER: How much COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped in US

  13-12-2020 16:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — COVID-19 vaccines will be shipping in the U.S. after getting emergency authorization, but supplies will be limited for some time. Officials say around 3 million shots will be shipped initially, with allocations based on a state’s population of people 18 and older. The government is holding back enough to ensure people can get a necessary second dose. For now, only Pfizer’s vaccine is being shipped, but other vaccines are making their way through the review proce
  
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• Arizona reports 5,854 new COVID-19 cases and 35 more deaths

  13-12-2020 16:24
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 5,854 new COVID-19 cases and 35 more deaths. The latest numbers increase the state’s overall totals to 408,442 cases and 7,57 known deaths. Arizona Department of Health Services officials on Saturday reported 77 deaths and 8,076 more coronavirus cases, one of the state’s largest daily case figures since the pandemic began. The case total eclipsed Friday’s report of 6,983 that ranked as the third largest daily c
  
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• Arizona records 5,854 new COVID-19 cases; 35 deaths also added

  13-12-2020 16:24
  
  PHOENIX (KVOA) – Another 5,854 Arizonans tested positive for the coronavirus, the Arizona Department of Health Services said Sunday.The state also reported 35 deaths.That brings the state’s documented totals to 402,589 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The death toll is 7,357On Tuesday, the state reported 12,314 new cases, the highest number of new daily cases since the start of the pandemic. On Wednesday, they reported 108 deaths, citing a "large percentage of the deaths"
  
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• Man dies after being shot at an apartment complex in Tempe

  13-12-2020 16:10
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tempe say a man has died after being shot at an apartment complex. They say officers responded to reports of gunshots at the apartment complex near Mill Avenue and the U.S. 60 early Sunday morning.  Police say they found a 48-year-old man outside of an apartment with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a hospital where he later died. The man’s name hasn’t been released yet and police say it’s unclear if any suspects have been
  
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• Going ‘the extra mile’: UK, EU keep up Brexit trade talks

  13-12-2020 16:10
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the European Union say talks will continue on a free trade agreement. It’s a deal that if sealed would avert New Year’s chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had set Sunday as the deadline for a breakthrough or a breakdown in negotiations. But they stepped back from the brink, saying
  
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• Eastside collision leads to downed power line; Road closed

  13-12-2020 16:04
  
  TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Sheriff's have confirmed that a car collision around Speedway Boulevard and Rancho del Jefe Loop lead to a downed power line this morning around 4AM.Speedway is closed in both directions between Tangque Verde Loop and Albala Drive as Tucson Electric Power crews work to repair the damage.PCSD is asking drivers to find alternative routes if you live in that area.
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• Artists, activists rush to save Black Lives Matter murals

  13-12-2020 16:04
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — During protests after George Floyd’s death, the streets of countless major cities became temporary galleries of artwork conveying collective pain and anger. But as these ephemeral artworks began to come down or be wiped from walls, patchworks of artists and activists rushed to preserve them. In Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Seattle, New York City and Oakland, California, community-led initiatives are joining with galleries and museums to exhibit the artwork. Others a
  
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• More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations

  13-12-2020 16:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — There’s been a surge of interest in the past year among U.S. religious groups in the area of racism-linked reparations. It’s particularly notable among long-established Protestant denominations that were active during the era of slavery. The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is pledging $13 million for reparations while acknowledging that its first bishop in 1859 was a slaveholder. In Minnesota, the state Council of Churches is launching a “truth and reparations&
  
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